Answer to Question #308807 in Statistics and Probability for Kim

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Question #308807

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Madison usually receives 4 letters in the mail each week. Find the probability of receiving 8 letters for the next 2 weeks.

Expert's answer

This is a Poisson distribution with "\\mu=4*2=8."

"P(X=8)=e^{-8}\\frac{8^8}{8!}=0.1396".

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